Volleyball Vikes Battle Grandview Heights in 5 Sets

Junior Lily Plaugher goes up for a hit against Buckeye Valley. (Courtesy/Shane Zhang)

The Volleyball Vikes were busy this week. After losing two away games at Westerville North and at Worthington Christian, our girls were determined to round off the week with a home win against Grandview Heights on Thursday, September 19.

The Vikes started out the first set with no mercy, with kills from Sophia Freytag’20 and Lily Plaugher ‘21 securing a strong lead. The team played a resilient defense throughout the first set, and the Vikes led the Bobcats 19-10 before closing out the set 25-19 on a series of saves during a long volley.

Throughout the next two sets, the girls fought hard against their underdog opponents but lost the second and third sets 22-25. They managed to battle back and win the fourth set 25-11.

In the final set, the Bobcats put up a fight but were no match for the Vikes, who rounded out the match with a 16-14 victory on the 5th and final set.

The Vikes followed up on this victory up with two more wins against Northridge and Madison Christian at a home tournament on Saturday, September 21.

Our girls record now stands at 10-7.

This week, the Volleyball Vikes have an important match-up at Bexley on Tuesday, September 24.